OT-- A.A.A.D.D. Re: My Steak Issue

[Guest guest]

My gosh, Tara. I read your note and immediately thought of the

following, though I cannot remember where I had heard of it...

Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. -- Age Activated Attention

Deficit Disorder.

This is how it manifests:

I decided to wash my car. As I start toward the garage, I notice that there

is mail on the hall table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash

the car. I lay my car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the

trash can under the table, and notice that the trash can is

full. So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the

trash first. But then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when

I take out the trash anyway, I may as well pay the bills first. I take my

checkbook out of my purse that is on the table, and see

that there is only one check left. My extra checks are in my desk in the

den, so I go to my desk where I find the bottle of soda that I had been

drinking. I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to push the

soda aside so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the soda

is getting warm, so I decide to put it in the refrigerator. As I head

toward the kitchen with the soda, a vase of flowers on the counter catches

my eye--they need to be watered. I set the soda down on the counter, and I

discover my reading glasses that I've been searching for all morning. I set

the glasses back down on the counter, fill a container with water and

suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone left it on the table. I realize that

tonight when we go to watch TV, we will be looking for the remote, but

nobody will remember that it's on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it

back in the den, where it belongs, but first I'll water the flowers. I

splash some water on the flowers, but most of it spills on the floor. So, I

set the remote back down on the table, get some towels and wipe up the

spill. Then I head down the hall trying to remember what I was planning to

do. At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid,

there is a warm bottle of soda sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't

watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find my

glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys. Then when I try

to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really baffled because I know

I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired. I realize this is a serious

problem, and I'll try to get some help for it,but first I'll check my

e-mail.

Do me a favor, will you? Forward this message to everyone you know, because

I don't remember to whom it has been sent

At 9:16 PM -0700 5/12/03, Tara and Brzezinski wrote:

>Well here I am thinking yeah Im going to grill this huge London

>Broil Steak( i have been marinating it for 12 hours) and have a

>protein day tomarrow- YEAH RIGHT- i go to find the charcole no

>problem , Put the coals in the grill go in search of the lighter

>fuild and It is no where to be found. Some times i think the carb

>monster is really real and is one step ahead of me. Just thought i

>would share :-)

>Tara